Verse 7

⁷By those natures beings are made different from one another, and so are the lords of beings; and according to the nature of each, their speech flows out in its many colours. ⁸So by the many kinds of nature the minds of men are made different. Some go by what has been handed down, and others hold to views outside that line. ⁹Bull among men, men whose thinking is bewildered by my maya speak of the highest good in a hundred ways, each according to his own work and his own liking. ¹⁰Some say it is dharma, others fame, or desire, or truth, or self-command, or quiet; others say it is one's own gain, or lordship, or giving up, or eating; and some say sacrifice, austerity, giving, vows, observances, restraints.

¹¹All the worlds these win are made by works and have a beginning and an end. They turn out in sorrow, they come to rest in darkness, their gladness is a small thing, and they are given over to grief.